All posts tagged "House of Representatives"
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Brian Sims has dedicated his life to achieving equality — and he won’t stop until it happens
The gay Pennsylvania state rep. is passionate, outspoken, and unwilling to censor himself
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi on celebrating Pride, advancing LGBTQ rights, and why everything in Trump’s life is a cover-up
Nancy Pelosi has deep, longstanding ties to the LGBTQ community. It's why passing the Equality Act is so important to her.
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U.S. House passes the Equality Act, a landmark LGBTQ rights bill
Bill prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination passes over Republican objections, and is now headed to the U.S. Senate.
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HRC is “disgusted” that President Trump opposes the Equality Act
Prospects for the LGBTQ rights bill's passage remain dim, even should it pass the House later this week
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Historic number of LGBTQ people sworn into Congress
Newly sworn Congress elects LGBTQ ally and Equality Act supporter Nancy Pelosi as Speaker
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House Democrats select Nancy Pelosi as their next Speaker in closed caucus
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has won the nomination of a majority of the Democratic caucus to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House...
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Republicans want to ban American embassies from flying Pride flags
The bill has 30 cosigners and was drafted after certain embassies chose to fly Pride flags alongside the American flag
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Texas’ Lt. Governor claims victory despite failure of anti-trans “bathroom bill”
Dan Patrick was a chief proponent of a bill requiring people to use restrooms that match their biological sex at birth
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Maine House of Representatives passes conversion therapy ban amid heated debate
Maine lawmakers had one of their most contentious legislative sessions in recent memory as they debated, and eventually approved, a bill banning the practice of...
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Trump appoints anti-gay Pompeo to head State Dept.
Trump fires Tillerson and announces anti-gay CIA chief Pompeo as his replacement
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Washington State House of Representatives passes bill banning conversion therapy
Bill heads back to State Senate for concurrence on several "friendly" amendments
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Transgender rights bill approved by New Hampshire House committee
The Granite State takes a step closer to banning discrimination against its transgender residents
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Victory Fund endorses 9 LGBTQ congressional candidates
The Victory Fund has issued a round of endorsements of openly LGBTQ candidates seeking election or re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives ahead of...
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House members introduce bill to halt transgender military ban
Measure serves as a companion bill to similar Senate measure introduced last month
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U.S. House introduces resolution condemning anti-gay persecution in Chechnya
A bipartisan group of House members have introduced a resolution condemning reports of anti-gay violence and persecution in the Russian Republic of Chechnya. The resolution,...
